Gift Ideas

 How does one begin to get a handle on the world's largest country? A font of world culture... Driver of world history... Home to Baba Yaga and Baikal... to the inventors of vodka, television and the theremin... This colorful, illustrated guide will get you started...

Our 2010 Wall Calendar peers at Russia through a watery looking glass! The rivers, lakes, oceans and seas of Russia reflect the country’s timeless beauty, be it expressed in thousand-year-old stone churches, the mysterious Neva river, or a mountain waterfall. Join us in 2010 on a journey to see Russia from a new, wetter perspective!

This mesmerizing novel from one of Russia’s most important modern authors traces the life journey of a selfless Russian everywoman.

In the wake of the Soviet breakup, inexorable forces drag Vera (“Faith” in Russian) from the steppes of Central Asia to a remote, forest-bound community of Estonians, to the chaos of Moscow. Facing a relentless onslaught of human and social trials, she swims against the current of life, countering adversity and pain with compassion and hope, in many ways personifying Mother Russia’s torment and resilience amid the Soviet disintegration...

Not sure what to get a Russophile? Why not get them a gift certificate, redeemable for anything offered in our store? Gift certificates are valid for one year from date of purchase and can be used in combination with other discount or promotional offers.

Subscribe to Russian Life online, make payment with your order, and we'll send you a FREE GIFT! [This offer is for NEW subscriptions only.] And, as if that is not enough, we'll also send you a FREE copy of 100 Things Everyone Should Know About Russia...

The enlarged Second Edition of Survival Russian is an intensely practical guide to conversational, colloquial and culture-rich Russian. It uses humor, current events and thematically-driven essays to deepen readers' understanding of Russian language and culture...

One of the greatest works of Russian satire of the 20th century, our brand new translation of the famous satirical sequel to The Twelve Chairs resurrects the con man Ostap Bender, “the smooth operator,” and follows him and his three hapless co-conspirators on a hilarious romp through the Soviet Russia and Central Asia of 1930.

Every language has concepts, ideas, words and idioms that are nearly impossible to translate into another language. This new book looks at nearly 100 such Russian words and offers paths to their understanding and translation by way of examples from literature and everyday life.

Chtenia is the Russian word for “readings.” And it is the title of a year-old journal to supplement Russian Life magazine. If you love Russian Life, you will love Chtenia, because it picks up where Russian Life leaves off, offering more quality fiction, non-fiction and photography in a convenient and portable paperback book format.

This is the definitive modern cookbook on Russian cuisine, layering superbly researched recipes with...